Good Morning Starshine — Oliver
Although we’re pretty keen on song lyrics around here, I don’t believe you have to understand the lyrics, necessarily, to enjoy a song.
For example, I enjoy listening to songs in French, Spanish and Portuguese. Beyond a bit of basic French I have no idea what’s going on in these songs, but I like the way they make me feel, so I still listen to them.
Sometimes songwriters include lyrical references so obscure and intellectual that you’ve no idea what they’re talking about. You know they’re referring to something…but quite what is anyone’s guess. However you can still enjoy the song on its own merits.
And the final category of songs you can enjoy without knowing what’s going on are those songs where the lyrics are genuinely nonsense. For all we know, the songwriters might have been imbibing industrial quantities of intoxicants of one sort or another…but the end results, no matter how pleasurable to listen to, defy any attempt by listeners to understand what the lyrics are supposed to be about.
“Good Morning Starshine” by Oliver falls firmly into that third category, comprising mostly of lyrics which, in the nicest possible way, make absolutely no sense.
Now, I mean that with the greatest affection. Around here I celebrate songs I like. I’m not taking cheap shots at songs just to be a smart…
